Battery Park is a new 12 000 sqm urban park situated at a key entranceway to one of Africa’s most visited tourist destinations, the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. Developed as the nucleus of a larger urban vision for the district, the site includes a park and piazza that effectively conceal a 1 206-bay parking facility as well as new pedestrian routes to … [Read more...]

Onnah Design was appointed late last year to revamp and re-brand the courtyard space at Villa 47 in Bree Street, Cape Town. The space at the back of the main restaurant, previously sponsored/branded by Absolute Vodka, is now called Terrazza Martini, branded by Martini.
The project’s interior look and feel, including signage, were executed in line with the prescribed brand … [Read more...]

Designed by Field Architecture, The Ubuntu Centre provides pediatric HIV testing and treatment, counseling, education, and community empowerment. The design is focused on destigmatisation and normalization of HIV testing and treatment. It provides access to a state-of-the-art facility in a beleaguered post-apartheid community. The design is a model for sustainable development … [Read more...]

TU Delft students Laura Katharina Strähle and Ellen Rouwendal designed this community centre in the rural community of Okana, close to Lake Victoria in Kenya, which was named Small Building of the Year at Dezeen Awards.
Strähle and Rouwendal designed the Okana Centre for Change as a prototype for creating low-tech high quality structures in east Africa. The project was … [Read more...]

Large-scale coloured mirrors recreate the iridescent beauty of Johannesburg's toxic sunsets in this installation by architecture studio Counterspace.
Called Folded Skies, the sculpture is formed of three structures made of interlocking two-metre-high mirrors, tinted to match the light created by the pollution in the city's mine dumps. It is installed at the Spier Wine Estate … [Read more...]

Description by the architect, Raoul Vecchio:
The architecture surrounds the well to protect and give value to the water resource. The design is light and delicate, in strong relation with the natural context. Walls don’t create a closed space, but they include the context in the interior space. A system of wooden beams obtained with a local essence, is achieved by … [Read more...]

The Thavhani Mall, a 50 000 sqm regional shopping centre, is located in the centre of Thohoyandou in Northern Limpopo and has been carefully planned to offer substantial and meaningful benefits for the local economy.
The shopping centre was designed by MDS Architecture for clients Flanagan & Gerard, Thavhani Property Investments and Vukile Property Fund. Donald … [Read more...]

Innovative façade design is stylising the appearance of some of the most spectacular architecture currently gracing the South African skyline. Developed by Eris, the tower called the Jewel at the new upmarket multi-use development, The Marc, has a shape and a façade like no other.
Boogertman + Partners designed the unique envelope, that is situated in the heart of the … [Read more...]

Sea blues, sunny yellows and bold monochromatic stripes appear throughout this boutique hotel, designed by artist Camille Walala to complement the landscape of Mauritius.
The Salt of Palmar hotel occupies a riad-style building on the east coast of the far-flung island. It contains 59 guest suites, a restaurant and a spa, all of which Camille Walala has decked out in tropical … [Read more...]

In January 2017, the classes began using the new Biology, Chemistry and Physics laboratories which represent the first phase of construction at the school at Milembe Secondary School in Misungwi, Tanzania. They respond to recent Tanzanian government directives that all public secondary schools be equipped with science laboratories, to meet 21st century demands for training in … [Read more...]